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SIERRA MOUNTAINS, CA - Snowshoes patiently waiting until morning.

KONGAKUT RIVER HEADWATERS, AK - Helio pilot Ken puts the seat back into the plane. The seat has to come out to access the cargo space avaliable in the Helio Courier.

PUGET SOUND, WA - Heading north around Cypress Island back to camp.

AUSANGATE, PERU: Trekking around Nevado Ausangante. Starting in the town of Tinki to Pacchanta (4,200m) to Pucacocha (4,653m) to climb Campa Peak (5,500m) camp at Campa Camp (4,746m) to Ausangante Advanced camp (5,180m) to Pampachncha Valley Camp (4,630m) to Hatun Pucacoha (4,600m). Trekkers/Climbers: David Bailey, Robert Horner, Cameron Martindell; Trip organized by Martin Hurtado de Mendoza.

KONGAKUT RIVER, AK - Camp IX: Icy Reef; After we got camp set up we carried our boats over Icy Reef to the Arctic Ocean for an afternoon paddle amongst the broken up pack ice.

WHITE MOUNTAINS, AK - The Aurora Borealis (northen lights) put on an incredible show at Caribou Bluff Cabin around midnight.

CHLI SCHLIERE, SWITZERLAND - Canyoning: Following a creek into a canyon and jumping, rapelling or sliding along with the water.

SAN DIEGO, CA - Formation flying with T-34a Mentor aircraft. Departing Gillespie Field (KSEE), landing at Brown Field (KSDM) for fuel, flying over San Diego Bay, around Point Loma, up the coast past Ocean Beach, Mission Beach, Pacific Beach and La Jolla. Then turning east back to Gillespie.

AUSANGATE, PERU: Trekking around Nevado Ausangante. Starting in the town of Tinki to Pacchanta (4,200m) to Pucacocha (4,653m) to climb Campa Peak (5,500m) camp at Campa Camp (4,746m) to Ausangante Advanced camp (5,180m) to Pampachncha Valley Camp (4,630m) to Hatun Pucacoha (4,600m). Trekkers/Climbers: David Bailey, Robert Horner, Cameron Martindell; Trip organized by Martin Hurtado de Mendoza.

Colorado River, Grand Canyon, AZ

GRAND CANYON, AZ - Reene and Dennis take a different route down Crystal Rapid, River Left. They avoid the big hole pictured earlier but found plenty of splash to work through.

KONGAKUT RIVER, AK - Camp IV, Hike 2; Sune and Lindsay head over the vegetated alluvial fan between the side drainage and the Kongakut River towards camp after hiking all day in the British Mountains.

OFFSHORE, CUBA - Anchored amongst the mangroves for the night, a local fisherman swings by for a visit and we buy some of his freshly caught red snapper for dinner.

Vista, CA - T-34a Mentor Flight/Vista Holiday Flyby. Pilot Rich Martindell. Photographer: Cameron Martindell 5 December 2009

AUSANGATE, PERU: Trekking around Nevado Ausangante. Starting in the town of Tinki to Pacchanta (4,200m) to Pucacocha (4,653m) to climb Campa Peak (5,500m) camp at Campa Camp (4,746m) to Ausangante Advanced camp (5,180m) to Pampachncha Valley Camp (4,630m) to Hatun Pucacoha (4,600m). Trekkers/Climbers: David Bailey, Robert Horner, Cameron Martindell; Trip organized by Martin Hurtado de Mendoza.

GRAND CANYON, AZ - A popular swimming hole - Elves Chasm

Formation flying with T-34a Mentor aircraft in San Diego. Departing Gillespie Field (KSEE), landing at Brown Field (KSDM) for fuel, flying over San Diego Bay, around Point Loma, up the coast past Ocean Beach, Mission Beach, Pacific Beach and La Jolla. Then turning east back to Gillespie.

After lunch, we continue our descent into Cloud Canyon and onto our next objective, Copper Mine Pass.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Departing for 10 days of sailing across the Caribbean Sea on a 40' catamaran to Panama City, Panama then through the Panama Canal. Over 1700 miles covered, seas were fair, sunny most of the way.

AUSANGATE, PERU: Trekking around Nevado Ausangante. Starting in the town of Tinki to Pacchanta (4,200m) to Pucacocha (4,653m) to climb Campa Peak (5,500m) camp at Campa Camp (4,746m) to Ausangante Advanced camp (5,180m) to Pampachncha Valley Camp (4,630m) to Hatun Pucacoha (4,600m). Trekkers/Climbers: David Bailey, Robert Horner, Cameron Martindell; Trip organized by Martin Hurtado de Mendoza.

WHITE MOUNTAINS, AK - Day 5 - Wolf Run Cabin - the next crew (Matt, Erin & Lisa) to stay in this cabin arrives, in part, by dog sled.

KONGAKUT RIVER, AK - Nathaniel manovers in his packraft past the ice along the side of the river.

ANTARCTICA: The last of the the Trans-Antarctic Mountains as we approach the Antarctic plateau in the center of the continent. Can you tell what that dark line is going across the image?

GRAND CANYON, AZ - Whitewater rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon - 225 miles, 18 days, 16 men, 14 swimmers, 8 rafts, 4 flips. Starting at Lees Ferry, AZ to Diamond Creek Take Out, AZ.

CARIBBEAN SEA - Ten days of sailing from Nassau, Bahamas to Panama City, Panama through the Panama Canal. Over 1700 miles covered, seas were fair, sunny most of the way. Crew: Shawn Griffith (Captain), Amy Griffith Redfern, Sasha Gates, Cameron Martindell